In addition to advising bank lenders, Maples Group also frequently acts for private equity firms, assisting them with securing or restating real estate financing facilities. The practice is also tasked with structuring leveraged acquisition finance facilities for private equity sponsors. Heading the team is Mark Crichton, who combines expertise in real estate financing with knowledge of Islamic finance structures. Paul Burton is well versed in leveraged finance and securitisation transactions, with Amy Black also handling such matters and overseeing a range of lender and borrower-side matters.
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Key clients
- KKR
- Apache Capital Partners
- Goldman Sachs
- HPS Investment Partners LLC
- Blackstone Credit
- Citibank N.A., London branch
- Summit Partners
- Barclays Bank plc
- Ares Management Corporation
- National Westminster Bank PLC
- Société Générale
- Aleph Finance Ltd
Work highlights
Acted for J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Citigroup Global Markets Limited and The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited as lenders in connection with a high yield bond offering of $300m of senior secured notes and a new $30m revolving credit facility with Africell as issuer/borrower.
Acted for Ares Management Limited on the establishment of a new Jersey risk retention vehicle for the purpose of participating in the purchase of equity tranches of US and European CLOs.
Acted for Apache Capital Partners on facility amendment transactions across the six lenders (Blackstone, Tristan Capital, BentallGreenOak, AIG, PIMCO and Deutsche Bank) into its build-to-rent joint venture platform, with cornerstone investors Harrison Street and the NFU.
Practice head
Mark Crichton
Other key lawyers
Paul Burton; Amy Black; Dan Perkins